Function Before Structure: Why Do Brigades Exist?
The Army fields three brigade combat team types—armored, Stryker, and mobile. But it has not...
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The Army fields three brigade combat team types—armored, Stryker, and mobile. But it has not...
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Many analysts expected cyber operations to play a major role in Iran’s response to the US-Israeli...
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As with most recent conflicts, commentary on the recent Iran War used a variety of confusing terms...
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In November 2025, a frontier artificial intelligence developer disclosed what it assessed to be...
Read MoreJohn Amble | 06.24.26
For years of expeditionary counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, US and coalition...
Read MoreEric Wesley | 06.23.26
Every generation of military strategists produces its share of prophets, men and women convinced...
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The most important battlefield in the Iran War was not inside Iran at all. The United States and...
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The contemporary discourse on drone-driven warfare rarely suggests the end of maneuver, but it...
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